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Know When Vascular Procedure Includes Radiology
Published on Tue Jun 17, 2014
Question: Our vascular surgeon carried out an angiojet thrombectomy with multiple passes in the main pulmonary artery, and also placed an IVC filter. Imaging was involved as follows: diagnostic angiography on the main pulmonary artery TPA injection IVC venogram to identify renal veins. How should I code this, and which imaging services can I separately report? Codify Subscriber Answer: Report the vascular [...]